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(10/06/21 3:00pm)
UF faculty gathered Tuesday to honor the life of Judge Joseph Hatchett, the first black justice on the Florida supreme court who spent a long legal career breaking racial barriers and fighting for civil rights. He died at the age of 88 on April 30.
(10/04/21 10:00am)
Pass by Marston Library and you’ll see the usual suspects: the guy frantically flipping through the blue pages of his Study Edge Packet; the girl chugging her third watermelon Celsius while on the verge of tears; and the freshman sweating bullets trying to understand “Siddhartha,” the hallmark text for UF’s infamous “What Is The Good Life?” course.
(09/27/21 1:00pm)
UF students have seven options of polling locations to cast their votes to decide who will fill the 50 available Student Government Senate seats. Voting will take place Sept. 28 and 29 from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
(09/24/21 2:00pm)
Three parties are set to face off in the Fall 2021 election: Change Party, Gator Party and Communist Party, with 36, 50 and 11 candidates on the ballot respectively.
(09/17/21 3:03pm)
As with any city, Gainesville comes with its share of issues that if not addressed, will outweigh the positive attributes it offers. Since COVID-19 struck, food accessibility issues in vulnerable communities, like East Gainesville, have returned to the forefront.
(09/15/21 6:04pm)
Alachua County Commissioner Mary Alford grew up gardening. As a sixth-generation Floridian, she knows the advantages of having her own locally grown, fresh food: it tastes better, it’s sustainable, it reduces her stress and it brings communities together.
(09/08/21 7:38pm)
Mutual aid is a hallmark of organizers’ values within Gainesville’s activism.
(09/07/21 1:32pm)
Akeem Thompson lit up the room with his smile and hyped up crowds like no other. With his goofy persona and sick beats, Thompson brought laughter, joy and rhythm to Gainesville.
(09/03/21 2:39pm)
All eligible Gainesville voters can cast their ballots for Commissioner Gail Johnson’s replacement this November.
(09/02/21 12:00pm)
The first week of the Fall semester has come to a close, and it’s time to start settling into a study routine. Starting at your desk is a good first step, but Gainesville has so much more to offer.
(08/23/21 1:00pm)
Welcome to the start of the Fall semester and the new academic year! Because Linda and I live on campus, we experience the new semester much like students. In the past few days, I’ve listened to the Gator Band practicing for football halftime, handed out T-shirts and seriously considered riding the mechanical gator at GatorNights in the Reitz Union, dropped by the Gator Fair on the Plaza of the Americas and paid for the orders of those ahead of me in line at Marston Science Library Starbucks.
(08/23/21 1:00pm)
Alligator flashback: Fall, 1969
(07/28/21 5:30pm)
A new Harn Museum of Art exhibit carries the weight of Black history to its viewers through momentary snapshots of serenity, struggle and triumph.
(07/14/21 4:30pm)
The Alachua County Library District will hold its eighth annual summer art show in early August virtually this year.
(07/14/21 4:36pm)
While new freshmen settled into their second weekend in Gainesville and upperclassmen slept in after long nights of blazing through bars, three tubes with plants cultivated by researchers at UF hurdled through the sky and into the solar system.
(07/12/21 5:39am)
On the green lawn of the Headquarters Library, 18 children and caregivers sat together on June 30 listening to Samantha Noll read picture books and sing songs using sign language.
(06/28/21 12:00pm)
Funded by student’s activities and services fees, Student Government is a campus organization that allows students to actively participate in the decision-making process within UF. Like the national government, SG is divided into three branches: executive, legislative and judicial.
(06/28/21 12:00pm)
Macayla Bricarell’s cat, Lucy, may be sassy, but that’s exactly what the 22-year-old UF alumna missed about her cat when she was in Gainesville.
(06/28/21 6:16am)
(06/28/21 12:05pm)
During a typical year at UF, the bustle of campus life is hard to miss — with students racing to class, hurrying to catch a bus, or weaving their way through Plaza of the Americas to grab Krishna lunch. Amid the flurry of students, the six George A. Smathers libraries provide an escape for both students and faculty alike to seek refuge.